| Description | A small garden tree that produces an edible fruit. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (MES-pi-lus)(jer-MAN-i-ka) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | aveage |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | white, blushed with pink, 5 petals, 2 inches |
| Fruit | pome, 1 inch , persisting sepals, rock hard when unripe, mussy when ripe, tastes like spiced applesauce |
| Leaves | green, simple, reddish to yellowish brown in fall, can have stem spines |
| Dimensions | small tree |
| Cultivar Origin | Introductions into North America about 1735. |
| Misc Facts | Genus name is derived for some authorities from Greek meso- (middle, half ) and pilos (ball) components with reference to the shape of the fruit. Germanica means from Germany.(#145) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr),#93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #145-Plant Lives (Sue Eland) web site |
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